Toy balloon



April 15 1924. 1,490,614

1 H. A. Looms,

TOY BALLOON Filed Sept. 10 1920" fiAJlaamzbgnww Patented Apr, 15, 19234,

HELRRY A. LOOMIS, OF SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA.

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Application fllediseptember 10, 1920. Serial Ito. 409,872.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, IIARRY LOOMIS, a citizen of the United States,residing at San Jose, in the county of Santa Clara and tate ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Toy Balloon, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a toy oi"the inflatable balloon type, and one object of the inveniion is toprovide novel means whereby a portion of a bag may be expanded andcontracted, so as to produce relative movement between the pictorialelements of a picture on the bag.

Another object of the invention is to provide novel means for mountingan audible signal in the device.

It is Within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and toenhance the utility of devices of that type to which the inventionappertains.

With the above and other objects in View, which Will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combinaion andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope ofWhat is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the inventionshown can be made Without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in elevation, a deviceconstructed in accordance with the invention, one end thereof beingexpanded; Figure 2 is an elevation wherein the opposite end of thedevice is expanded; and Figure 3 is a fragmental longitudinal section.

The device forming the subject matter of this application coinprises aninflatable bag 1, preferably made of rubber, the bag being closed at oneend, as indicated at 2. In the opposite end of the bag 1 is located anair valve 3, so constructed as to admit air to the bag, and to preventair "from leaving the bag or. at least, to prevent the air from leavingthe bag rapidly.

The bag 1 includes freely expansible parts i and 5, connected by a neck6 WlllCli is less freely expansible than are the portions 4.- and 5. Theneck may be made rela tively incxpansible in any desired Way. Thus, itmay be expedient to thicken the neck slightly as shown in Figure 3 ofthe drawings. in the neck 6 is located an audible, air actuated signalof any desired fiated by blowing through the air valve 3,

the air accumulating in the portion 5 and expanding the said portion, asshown in Figure 2. The signal 7, preferably, is so mounted that it givesno sound, When the air passes from the portion 4 to the portion 5. Afterthe portion 5 has been inflated, as shown in Figure 2, the said portionis compressed in the hand, the air passing through the neck 6 andthrough the signal 7, the portion 4 being expanded, as shown in Figurel, and relative movement between the pictorial elements of the picture 8being brought about. The result is that the picture 8 is expanded, and,at the same time, the signal 7 emits a sound.

It is to be noted that the signal 7 is housed Within the contour of thebag. As a result, the signal is kept clean and sanitary. Further,although the signal 7 will give a sound which is sufiiciently loud tosatisfy the tastes of the user, the sound will be modified and choked tosuch an extent as to be unobjectionable to persons Who have noparticular interest in the op oration of the device, this result flowingfrom the fact that the signal is housed Within the contour of the l.

The signal 7 acts as a retarder, in that When the part 4: is inflatedthrough the valve 3, the air remains in the part 4 until the said partis compressed. Similarly, after the air has passed to the part 5, theair remains in the part 5 until the same is compressed, these details ofoperation being shown clearly in Figures 1 and 2.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is p l. A toycomprising an air-holding bag including afreely expansible body, afreely expansible head and a neck connecting the body and the head, thehead carrying av picture, the pictorial elements of which are relativelyshiftable when the head is expanded compressed and an audible, air

actuated signal in the neck, the signal constituting a reterder adaptedto hold the air either in the head or the body, the signal being soconstructed as to sound only When the air passes from the body to thehead.

2. A toy comprising an air-holding bag including an ex eansible body, anexpansiblc head, and a passage-Way connecting the body and the head, thebag carrying a picture, the pictorial elements of which are shiftable,and an audible air-actuatedsignal in the passage-way, the signal beingadapted to direct the air either to the head or the body, the signalbeing so constructed as to sound when the air passes through the passage-Way between the body and the head.

in testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signa-- ture in the presence of two Witnesses.

HARRY A. LOOMIS.

Vitnesses:

CHARLES SUTHERLAND McKenzie, ALEXANDER D. GRANT.

